American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets--United States--20th Century
Letters to George Ellsworth, accompanied by a letter from Noel S. about Brinig's No Marriage in Paradise, two book jackets, a promotional piece for Singermann, and photographs of Ellsworth and of Brinig. Brinig's letters, most written from New York City, are detailed accounts of the life of a gay man in New York. Brinig writes of parties, friends, plays and movies he's seen, and of his attempts to get his work published. People mentioned in his letters include Eric Ambler, Erskine Caldwell, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Lynn Riggs, Cady Wells, and Tennessee Williams.
Description:
Gift of Robert MacLeod, 1994. and Myron Brinig, American novelist, was born in Minneapolis on December 22, 1896. He grew up in Butte, Montana and many of his most noted works, including Singermann (1929), Wide Open Town (1931), and The Sisters (1937), were set in Montana. As an adult, Brinig lived in Taos, New Mexico and in New York City. He died in New York on May 13, 1991.
Subject (Geographic):
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Brinig, Myron, 1897-1991 and Ellsworth, George
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century--Archives and Gay men--United States
American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets--United States--20th Century
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
Collection of correspondence with Edith Wharton and others, including Hamilton Aidé, Anna Bahlmann, Bernard Berenson, Walter Berry, William Morton Fullerton, Percy Lubbock, and abbé Arthur Mugnier. The collection features approximately 172 pieces of correspondence from Edith Wharton, consisting of autograph letters, notes, and postcards, signed, dating from 1909 to 1931, as well as sixteen pieces of correspondence from Bélugou to Wharton. Selected letters between Wharton and Bélugou were assembled by Claudine Lesage and published as Lettres à l'ami français (Paris: M. Houdiard, [2001]). Accompanied by several black-and-white photographs of Bélugou and others.
Description:
Chiefly in French; some materials in English, Spanish and German., Léon Bélugou (1865-1934), French educator., and Purchased from Priscilla Juvelis Inc. on the Alfred Z. Baker, Jr. Fund, 2002.
Subject (Name):
Aïdé, Hamilton, 1826-1906, Bahlmann, Anna Catherine, Bélugou, Léon, 1865-1934, Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959, Berry, Walter, 1859-1927 , Fullerton, William Morton, 1865-1952, and Lesage, Cla
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets, American--20th century--Archives
American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets--United States--20th Century